Mystery Men
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Justice (Part 1)
On a stormy night in Washington, D.C., a man named “Smythe” paid President Roosevelt a visit with news that the British spy network had learned Hitler intended to invade England at any moment. Lacking resources to repel a full-scale attack, Smythe was sent to plead for Roosevelt’s help. However, he handed Smythe a folder containing…
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Song of the Strong
Overseas, Adolf Hitler planned Operation Sea Lion, an assault on England, for September of 1940. However, it was indefinitely postponed when the German Luftwaffe failed to defeat the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain. This set-back occurred for Hitler even though he had in his possession… the magical and evil Spear of Destiny.…
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Atoms, Rays, Tornados
The Atom In 1940, Al Pratt was a sophomore at Calvin College, frequently ridiculed by his classmates for his short size. Unable to impress the girl of his dreams, he met a former boxing champ who had fallen on hard times. Why I’ve built up bodies that were worse than yours – an’ made champs…
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Patriotic Speed
Uncle Sam 12 years after Americans had shed their blood in World War I, the forces of evil, greed, intolerance, and crime threatened the ideal out of which America was born. Uncle Sam returned to join the war… The spirit of America passed through the small midwestern town of Glen Valley. It felt the strength…
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Flashback: USSR
Vladimir Sokow Vladimir Sokow was born in Bobruisk, USSR, in 1923. He proved his father wrong and earned the respect of his fellow soldiers, but was ready for new challenges… If you kept your eyes open – and your mind – opportunities for advancement lay everywhere. He was a high-ranking official in the political directorate.…
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Green Lantern
Flashback: The Starheart When we last saw the Starheart, Marco Polo had selected it as a gift of appreciation from Kublai Khan in the form of a green lamp. Then… The patient later transformed it into a modern train lantern (see below.) 1940: Albert Dekker Albert Dekker was a ruthless businessman. Denied the contract to…
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Hourman & Dr. Fate
Flashback: Rex Tyler On a summer day in 1919 In Ithaca, New York, a mysterious stranger paid 6-year-old Rex Tyler a visit and gave him an hourglass… The memory haunted him until, as an adult, he realized the stranger was his adult self, although he had no explanation for how that could be. Hourman In…
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Crack & Nickel
Red Torpedo James Lockhard was a Navy engineer who invented an amazing one-man submarine he called, “the Red Torpedo.” The Spider In the early 1940s, Tom Hallaway was a millionaire playboy and big game hunter who used his skills to prey on gangsters and racketeers as “the Spider.” Madame Fatal In order to infiltrate criminal…
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1939, Part 1
Wesley Dodds, Pt. 4 (The Sandman) Soon after he began having nightmares, Wesley Dodds built a laboratory in his basement and developed a formula for sedatives and hypnotic gases. An encounter with his old friend, Lee Travis, got him thinking about what he was doing with his life as a playboy. –but what if a…
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